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NEWS FROM NFPA
AND BEYOND

resources to help authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs)
nationwide prioritize properties for inspection and, it's
hoped, prevent the next Ghost Ship before it happens.

The Oakland experience
Just days after the Ghost Ship fire, NFPA reached out to
officials in Oakland with a simple question: Do you need our
help? The answer came quickly, and it was yes. NFPA is no
stranger to extending its services in this way. It's a step the
organization has taken after historic fires like The Station
nightclub fire in Rhode Island in 2003 and, more recently,
the 2016 wildfires that killed more than a dozen people in
eastern Tennessee, which struck less than a week before the
Ghost Ship blaze.

A small contingent of NFPA staff-including Ray Bizal,
NFPA's senior regional director; Steven Sawyer, NFPA's
regional director of fire codes; and Nicole Comeau, NFPA's
enforcer segment director-made an initial trip to Oakland.
They walked the charred site of the warehouse, met with city
leaders and fire department officials, asked a lot of questions,
and were asked a lot of questions, Bizal said. What resulted
was a 10-page report detailing NFPA's recommendations for
the city moving forward, based in part on NFPA 1730, Organization and Deployment of Fire Prevention Inspection and
Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Investigation, and Public
Education Operations.
The report outlined several recommendations rooted
in three categories: community risk reduction, hazard
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